Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-04-29
TELL Is WHY.

Mt 70 the railroads ut the expense OF the
people. We hope the INDEPENDENT will
give reasons for tn faith That is i'll it.
Tho law prohibits discrimination and
pooling by roads to keep mp rates. It
also prohibits railroads from charging
three tirpes As much for CARLOAD m
freight from Chicago to EIko as they
charge to S4h Francisco, six hundred
miles farther over the same line. II
4" this IN benefit to the roads ut the ex
pense Of tho people, M the INDEPENDENT
processes to believe, it ought to tell its
readers why. it il so.-. Silver State.
Immediately upon the taking feet Of
the 1'ter-State Commerce ACT through
freights frow EASTERN cities to San Fran-
cisco were rails, d t. twice or three times
What thy We're previous to April 1St, and
4, Nevada merchants were Informed that
on this account prices OF all GLASSES If
goods had adVenc-d. 1t requires no
great amount of calculation TO Il. certain
- that this increase is paid by the cousu.
ner. Are the people or the railroads
benefit d by this 'arranS .ment? While
through rates ARE no largely increased
there Il no reduction in rates from east
ern cites 10 points in Nevada, ami
eastern Wholesale merchants are ivis.
lug their Nevada customers that prices
OF goods have advanced, which advance
comes from the pockets OF the coRsum
Or. Does This heheft the people, or
the railroads? Railway managers state
that the roads have lost thousands of
dollars annually by the free pass sys-
tenn, and 10 il supposed that under tn.
new low these passeA nEe all taken up
.. and thus thou sands of dollars ure saved
to the railroads, while the fire remain ~
the same. Who are benefited by this
nave. the people. or the railroads?
shortly after the Inter. State Commerce
>, Act was in+sugnrHted the Silver State
Il said:
"The new tariff schedule, which has
gone hnto, effect, makes no changes
whatever IN local rates on the G. P. r.
Il. The rites from hire to Ogden nre
the same as from San Francisco to o.
den. No, more and no less"
Andyet it would seem, that our con-
temporary Gan See no unjust discrimina-
ton i'll this, for we are told that at 1.-THE
pew lawl PROHIBITS rnilromds from ohnrg-
y ing three shines M much for n cnr-Ioud
of freight from Chicago to Elso MS tl,ey
charge to San Francisco, six hundred
miles farther over tue same line /" The
distance feola San Francisco to Winnie
muco'A is Ala niles, while the distance
q. txom San Francisco b Ogden il s33
p,l'a- and the Silver Suite Tells rs
she rates from Winnelnuccn to ogden
ore the same ns from Sun Francisco n
t,pgd'n, mo more, no .less." though the
d&Stance Is twice as far over the snme
iihe. ibis being the casp, will the Sill.
yer State tell its readers how the new
law prohibits discrimination? But
suppose the rililFaads wexe to adopt
schedule OF rates so that the same, or Il
corresponding rate were charged from
Chicago to San Francisco that is now
seaTgsd, from the salRs point totEIko,
the people or the ruifroads he
oeneated2 Il the Silver State can point
out any advantages which orr people de.
rive from the new law, assle from II re-.
ducsIan in rates OIL lumber from Truckee
to points in Nevada, we shall be pleased
to consider them. .WENT i.